Etsy

I had never heard of Etsy until one day I coincidentally came across it through Pinterest. I found it to be a really cool site with unique and amazing items. Only a few short months after finding Etsy I decided to use it to sell my Cake Toppers. I knew so little about how Etsy worked. Although I had joined teams I wasn’t familiar with the acronyms, how to participate, how often to post new items or how else to help promote my shop. When joining teams I had to read and agree to team rules, much of which included terminally I was not familiar with or understood how it related to my Etsy shop. For one team I had to agree to not create new threads… threads? What is a thread? Once part of the team, games would ask me to post a search link. What is a search link? How do I get that? Fortunately I figured it out but I wish I had known or had some guidance. It’s for this reason I’ve come up with some helpful tips and definitions to aid you in your new venture. Definitions / Acronyms Threads – Team Discussions/Games. Usually generated by the Team Captain or Team Leaders. Fave – To Favor, Favorite, Heart, Like an item or shop Heart – To Favor, Favorite, Fave, Like an item or shop Unheart – To click on the Like/Heart until the red heart is white again with the intention of clicking it again…

For almost 2 years I have dedicated myself to designing practical and affordable cake toppers. Thinking outside the box and testing the limits of cake design I have created some of the most diverse and extraordinary toppers. No matter how simple your cake is, a little ribbon and the perfect topper you can turn simple into spectacular without breaking the bank. Airplane CakeAdd 1 or 2 drops of blue food coloring to your buttercream frosting. Mix and add red dye until you get the desired blue.For the clouds I used white icing already in a pouch with tips. Only about $2-$3 at Walmart. The finishing touch is my Red Airplane Topper. This adorable red and white wood toy airplane is hand painted. The plane has moving wheels and propeller making it not only a cake decoration on the day of your party but is the perfect lasting keepsake. Wingspan: 3 ¼” Front-Back: 3 ¾” Tall without stick: 1 ½” Tall with stick: 6 ¼” The Airplane is also available in vintage varnish or orange & white. CandyLand Cake Add 1 or 2 drops of red food coloring to your buttercream frosting. Mix and add red dye until you get the desired pink. To create a contrast I selected a darker pink polka dot ribbon then topped it with one of my toppers. This topper has a colorful mix of lollipops that surround a candy colored rhinestone number 4. The polka dot ribbon and glittery base to tie it…

Opening up my Etsy shop was both exciting and nerve racking. I was so optimistic, but mixed emotions wrestled inside of me. I had not had my first sale, but I could already envision the sales count climbing; yet the pessimist in me saw a complete bust.I dove in head first, but quickly realize I was in over my head. Marketing my shop made me feel like I had to be an advertising expert, professional photographer, graphics designer, customer mediator and social media guru.If you are reading this you may have already realized that being creative or having a good eye for amazing vintage products is not enough to be successful and build a cliental on Etsy. Truth be told selling online can be quite overwhelming. So how do you face the daunting task of taking amazing photos, getting a large amount of followers on social media and what the heck is SEO???My first bit of advice; don’t get hung up in being perfect and most importantly, do not get discouraged. Here are some simple yet effective ideas and tips to help improve your Etsy sales.NetworkFor starters, join a few Etsy teams where you can promote others and they promote you. You may be a member of a few teams; good for you, but joining is not enough. Do your homework. Pick 2 or 3 good teams; and by good I mean active. Just because a team has 500 or more members does not…

About Over The Top Cake Toppers

At Over The Top Cake Toppers we are dedicated to designing the most unique, fun, fancy and distinct line of cake toppers. We focus on creating toppers that are versatile; toppers that can dress up any cake without costing a fortune. Our toppers complement simple, fancy and extravagant cakes.
Keeping the thrifty shopper in mind, we’ve designed our cake topper to adorn the simplest of cakes. Using frosting, ribbon and one of our toppers, you can transform any cake from modest to magnificent.
Simultaneously our fabulous cake toppers uphold elegance that complement any extravagant cake design.
Our shop offers a wide range of genre for almost any event. We have wedding, birthday, teen, and kid cake toppers. However, our top sellers are Airplanes, Eiffel Towers and Gatsby toppers.
We opened our Etsy Shop in June 2015 and have now expanded our social media reach through blogging. Thank you all for joining us on this next journey. I hope you find the perfect topper for your event and our blog to be entertaining and informative.